Some people can't leave school because they're carrying it around like a snail and his shell. They live there, still. School became an ingrown, hard …

- Sandra Dodd

For those orderly folks who have life all neatly arranged in their heads, who do more accepting than questioning, unschooling is a disturbing thing.

- Sandra Dodd

People learn by playing, thinking and amazing themselves. They learn while they're laughing at something surprising, and they learn while they're won…

- Sandra Dodd

Kids who are in school just visit life sometimes, and then they have to stop to do homework or go to sleep early or get to school on time. They're co…

- Sandra Dodd

When a child’s life is full of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, textures, people and places, he will learn. When he feels safe and loved, he will lea…

- Sandra Dodd

Unschooling is creating an environment in which children can learn easily and naturally all the time.

- Sandra Dodd

School kids don't know the world is a million times bigger than school's version of it.

- Sandra Dodd

Given a rich environment, learning becomes like the air—it’s in and around us.

- Sandra Dodd

When learning is recognized in the fabric of life and encouraged, when families make their decisions based on what leads to more interesting and educ…

- Sandra Dodd